Pail Assembly Machine

Situation

The purchasing customer desired to assemble pails at a rate of 2+ Pails Per Minute. The machine’s requirements include being completely autonomous aside from adding trowel parts and Dessicant to the machine magazines.

Station Implementation

Infeed- Powered drive rollers position the pail into the various stations.
Foil Place- The End of arm tool picks and places foil to seal the top of the adhesive.
Trowel Place- The machines coin change mechanism activates and releases one trowel into the bucket centering onto the foil.
Desiccant Place- The desiccant chopper will separate one desiccant pack and place on the top of the foil/Trowel part.
Outfeed- The pails travel to the exterior of the machine on the powered roller conveyors.

Design Features & Specifications

• Fanuc SR-6ia Robot
• Dual Offload Conveyor Transfer Stations.
• Allen-Bradley Human Machine Interface
• Multiple Plexi Viewing Windows
• Powered Roller In-feed & Out-feed Conveyors

Machine Dimensions: 12’L x 5.5’W x 7’H

Power Requirements: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 30 Amp

Pneumatic Requirements: 10.0 SCFM

Machine Rate: 3 PPM